indemnity
in·dem·ni·ty/ɪnˈdɛmnɪti/noun
indemnity is spelled I-N-D-E-M-N-I-T-Y: 9 letters and 4 syllables (in·dem·ni·ty). It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, indemnity means “Security from damage, loss, or penalty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of indemnity is indemnities.
How many letters and syllables are in indemnity?
| Letters | 9: I-N-D-E-M-N-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: in·dem·ni·ty |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 31,168th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is indemnity?
Indemnity appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce indemnity?
- /ɪnˈdɛmnɪti/
Indemnity has 4 syllables, split in·dem·ni·ty in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-indemnity.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of indemnity
- indemnities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does indemnity mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Security from damage, loss, or penalty.
Near-synonyms: insurance, assurance
- 2
An obligation or duty upon an individual to incur the losses of another.
Near-synonyms: liability, responsibility
- 3
Repayment; compensation for loss or injury.
Near-synonyms: reparations, recompense, recompensation; see also Thesaurus:compensation
- 4
The right of an injured party to shift the loss onto the party responsible for the loss.
- 5
A principle of insurance which provides that when a loss occurs, the insured should be restored to the approximate financial condition occupied before the loss occurred, no better, no worse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate indemnity?
Wiktionary records 2 abbreviations of indemnity: Indem., indm..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Indemnity in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | garantie , indemnité , compensation |
| Portuguese | indenidade , indenização |
| German | Erstattung, Rückzahlung, Kompensation , Schadloshaltung, Indemnität |
| Spanish | indemnidad |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does indemnity come from?
From late Middle English indempnite, from Middle French indemnité, from Late Latin indemnitās (“security from damage”), from Latin indemnis (“undamaged”), from in- (“not”) + damnum (“damage”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).